Learn how to start an AI team with Squad in Copilot CLI. This reference explains how to invoke the coordinator agent, find the command catalog, and initialize a new project while avoiding common invocation mistakes.
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How to actually use Squad — Squad is a custom Copilot agent (invoked via the task tool with agent_type='Squad'), not a skill. This file explains the right invocation paths for setting up a team, listing squad commands, and initializing Squad in a new project.
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Quick reference. If you're reading this because a user said "use squad" or "squad" or "set up a squad", you're in the right place — read on for the correct invocation paths.
The Squad framework registers a custom Copilot CLI agent at .github/agents/squad.agent.md. The agent is named Squad and its description is "Your AI team. Describe what you're building, get a team of specialists that live in your repo."
Copilot CLI agents and skills are different things:
| Thing | How to invoke | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Skill | skill(name) tool call or natural-language match | skill(squad-commands) |
| Agent | task tool with agent_type=<name> | task(name="...", agent_type="Squad", prompt="...") |
| Slash command | Built-in CLI keyword | /agent, /skills, /mcp |
Calling skill(Squad) will fail with "Skill not found: Squad" because Squad is the agent, not a skill. (/squad as a slash command also does not exist — only built-in CLI keywords like /agent, /skills, /mcp are slash commands. There's no way to map a skill name to a slash command without a Copilot CLI feature change.)
Pick the path that matches the user's intent:
The Squad coordinator orchestrates a team of specialists. It routes work to the right agent, scaffolds a team if none exists, and enforces handoffs.
task(
name="<short-task-name>",
agent_type="Squad",
prompt="<what you want the team to do>"
)
Use this when the user says things like:
The squad-commands skill is a categorized catalog of common Squad operations. The coordinator presents it as an interactive menu.
Trigger by natural-language match: "squad commands", "what can squad do", "show me squad options", "slash commands", "what commands are available".
Use this when the user says things like:
squad init is a shell command, not a tool call. The user runs it in their terminal in a project that has no .squad/ directory yet.
squad init
Do not try to invoke this from inside an existing Copilot session — .squad/ is already initialized if you're reading this file.
skill(Squad), skill(squad), or skill(squad-coordinator) — Squad is not a skill./squad expecting a slash command — slash commands are CLI keywords, not skill names. Use /agent (browse) or invoke the Squad agent via the task tool.task(agent_type="Squad", …) for tiny tasks the current agent can handle directly. Squad is for work that needs orchestration; trivial edits do not.This skill ships from the Squad SDK templates and is wired into MANIFEST_SKILL_NAMES. It lives at .copilot/skills/squad-help/SKILL.md so the Copilot CLI's /skills loader picks it up alongside the other bundled Squad skills.
If you removed this skill on purpose, the model will fall back to its own reasoning and may make the lookup mistakes described above.
.github/agents/squad.agent.md — the actual Squad coordinator agent.copilot/skills/squad-commands/SKILL.md — the command catalog.copilot/skills/squad-conventions/SKILL.md — conventions for working on the Squad codebase itself.copilot/skills/squad-version-check/SKILL.md — version-stamping mechanics还没有评价。欢迎分享你的使用感受。
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Coordinate work across AI agents with shared rules for locating team files, recording decisions and their reasons, and requesting help. It also defines who owns revisions after a reviewer rejects an artifact.
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Set shared development rules for an agent team: keep specific agent names out of product code, tests, and CI configuration, verify affected tests before finishing, and record lessons learned from mistakes.
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Routes requests to design, create, update, debug, or upgrade GitHub Agentic Workflows to the appropriate instructions. It helps the agent select a workflow-specific procedure and apply any additional rules defined for the repository.
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Prepare architecture proposals before implementation so the team can agree on a direction. Organize evidence, technical choices, effects on existing work, risks, and the first release’s scope into a document with clear recommendations and decision owners.
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Update the gh-aw-firewall version used by gh-aw, rebuild generated files, and review release notes and configuration schemas, which define valid settings. It guides related code and test updates while identifying follow-up work that remains.
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Review git and gh operations in gh-aw workflows to check credential availability for each repository. Identify missing token handoffs, risky expansions of limited checkouts, and error handling needed where credentials are intentionally unavailable.
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